Apr 30, 2015 - a) The Bank will purchase Japanese government bonds (JGBs) so that their amount outstanding will increase
April 30, 2015 Bank of Japan
Statement on Monetary Policy
1.
At the Monetary Policy Meeting held today, the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to set the following guideline for money market operations for the intermeeting period:[Note] The Bank of Japan will conduct money market operations so that the monetary base will increase at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen.
2.
With regard to the asset purchases, the Bank decided, by an 8-1 majority vote, to continue with the following guidelines:[Note] a) The Bank will purchase Japanese government bonds (JGBs) so that their amount outstanding will increase at an annual pace of about 80 trillion yen.
With a view to
encouraging a decline in interest rates across the entire yield curve, the Bank will conduct purchases in a flexible manner in accordance with financial market conditions. The average remaining maturity of the Bank's JGB purchases will be about 7-10 years. b) The Bank will purchase exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and Japan real estate investment trusts (J-REITs) so that their amounts outstanding will increase at annual paces of about 3 trillion yen and about 90 billion yen respectively. c) As for CP and corporate bonds, the Bank will maintain their amounts outstanding at about 2.2 trillion yen and about 3.2 trillion yen respectively.
[Note]
Voting for the action: Mr. H. Kuroda, Mr. K. Iwata, Mr. H. Nakaso, Mr. Y. Morimoto, Ms. S. Shirai, Mr. K. Ishida, Mr. T. Sato, and Mr. Y. Harada. Voting against the action: Mr. T. Kiuchi. Mr. T. Kiuchi proposed that the Bank will conduct money market operations and asset purchases so that the monetary base and the amount outstanding of its JGB holdings will increase at an annual pace of about 45 trillion yen, respectively. The proposal was defeated by a majority vote.
(Reference) Meeting hours: April 30 : 9:00-12:59 Policy Board members present: Haruhiko Kuroda (Governor) Kikuo Iwata (Deputy Governor) Hiroshi Nakaso (Deputy Governor) Yoshihisa Morimoto Sayuri Shirai Koji Ishida Takehiro Sato Takahide Kiuchi Yutaka Harada
(Others present) From the Ministry of Finance: Ichiro Miyashita, State Minister of Finance (9:00-12:27, 12:38-12:59) From the Cabinet Office: Shinjiro Koizumi, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office (9:00-12:27, 12:38-12:59)
Release of the minutes: 8:50 on Wednesday, May 27
